Rooney and Moyes to sit down on Tuesday as Chelsea, Arsenal and Real lie in wait

David Moyes is to hold talks with Wayne Rooney and his representatives on Tuesday as he takes on his first big task as Manchester United manager.

The Scot’s six-year contract officially starts on Monday and he will head into the club’s Carrington HQ eager to sort out the long-running Rooney saga.

Moyes wants Rooney to stay but is aware the 27-year-old is determined to leave the club he joined for £25.6million in 2004.

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The England international is
understood to have made up his mind that a change of club is the best
way for him to revive his career ahead of the World Cup next summer.

Much will now depend on how talks unfold and how intent Moyes is on persuading him to stay.

Arsenal and Chelsea both have a
concrete interest in luring Rooney south this summer but if United
accept he is to be sold, they would be reluctant to let the forward join
one of their domestic competitors.

As Rooney would be costly to replace,
United would also look to attract a bid of around £35m. Paris
Saint-Germain and Real Madrid could afford that kind of figure and the
latter would certainly be a club of interest to Rooney.

Real manager Carlo Ancelotti is a
fan, but a concern for Rooney is the Italian’s pursuit of targets such
as Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Napoli’s Edinson Cavani.

Arsenal are willing to break their
transfer record and make Rooney their best paid player but a package of
around £170,000 per week would still represent a hefty decrease on his
current £225,000-per-week deal. Moyes will need to assess the situation
quickly if he is to find a suitable replacement.

He will oversee a revised bid of £15m
for Everton left back Leighton Baines and hold further talks with
Barcelona over £17m-rated midfielder Thiago Alcantara.

The 22-year-old’s father, Mazinho, is
thought to want a clause that will allow the Spain international to
leave for a reasonable fee if he fails to reach a set amount of games in
his first season.

Big contract: Wayne Rooney will discuss his future as Arsenal and Chelsea wait

Bayern Munich, Manchester City and
Real Madrid are watching developments. Monaco will move for Patrice Evra
should a deal for Baines be concluded and the French side remain
interested in United’s Portugal winger Nani.

However, talk of interest from AC
Milan in Nemanja Vidic has been dismissed by his agent Silvano Martina.
He said: ‘Vidic has no problems at United, all the talk is hot air.’